Inter-Ocean Casualty Co. v. Warfield

Appellee resides in Cliicot County, Arkansas, but for some years Has been employed by the United States Government in its improvement work on the Mississippi River. Appellee and other men similarly employed lived,' during the time of their employment, in a boat known as a quarter-boat, which was so equipped that the men ate and slept therein. As the name’of the boat indicates, it was the living “quarters” of the men employed by the Government, and was their home during the period of their employment. The quarter-boat in question was stationed or anchored against the bank about eight miles…